Suspender slide with button loop



Apr 231, y 1 vv. JOYCE 2,@339W9 v SUSPENDER SLIDE WITH BUTTON LOOP l Filed March 27, 1954.l

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'Patented Apr. 21, 1936 UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE Appiication March 27, 1934, serial No. 717,665);

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in suspender slides.

It has for one of its objects the provision of a slide so constructed and enfolded with the webbing of the suspender or shoulder strap that inadvertent slippage of the slide is impossible.

Another object of the invention is to provide a slide so combined with the webbing that by releasing the button which the slide normally engages, the slide swings out at an angle to the webbing facilitating adjustment, while when tensioned by the button it is pulled back to normal iiat position against the suspender or shoulder strap.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of a three-bar slide, the lowest bar having a button loop and the webbing beingso enfolded with respect to the bars as to leave the slide free to hinge outwardly on that part of the webbing which passes beneath the middle bar, and to swing back to a position parallel to the suspender under the pull imparted by the button when engaged with the lowest bar.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the following description of a preferred and practical embodiment thereof proceeds.

In the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of the following specification and throughout the several -iigures of which the identical parts are designated by the same reference characters:

Figure l is aperspective view of a slide embodying the principles of the present invention, in combination with a shoulder strap, the slide being engaged by a button;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the metallic slide per se;

Figure 3 is a perspective View of the slide and shoulder strap in the position assumed when the button is released;

Figure 4 is a vertical cross section showing the position vof the slide when the shoulder strap is under tension;

Figure 5 is a similar view showing the position assumed by the slide when the button is released; and

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the facility with which the slide may be adjusted when it is in the position shown in Figure 5.

Referring now in detail to the several figures the numeral I represents, in general, a metallic slide which may be stamped out of sheet metal as shown, or may be of any other desired construction. For purpose of strengthening the construction, the slide is preferably pressed into a channeled form as is indicated at 2 in Figure 4. The metallic slide comprises a frame 3 having three transverse bars 4, 5 and S. The lowermost bar is provided with a button loop 1. It is here shown as being integral with the lowermost bar, 5 but this feature is not an essential of the invention.

The middle bar as will be seen serves as a fulcrum upon which the slide swings in performing certain of its functions. 10

Figures 4 and 5 particularly show that the webbing or shoulder strap 8 is interfolded with the bars of the slide in a peculiar manner to enable it to perform its functions. The webbing 8 passes down at the back of the top and middle bars, then passes beneath the middle bar and upwardly in front of the same, then back of the top bar and forwardly of the latter, down in front of the middle bar and through the space between the middle and lowest bars, the free end of the webbing passing downward to the rear of the lower bar and button loop.

It will be observed that this manner of enfolding of the webbing 8 leaves the upper part of the slide I andthe part 0f the webbing which 25 encompasses it free from the upper length of webbing 8 which lies against the body of the wearer. It will also be observed that the slide is adapted to hinge upon the two layers of webbing which pass between the middle and lowest bars. It is also obvious that the center of mass of the slide and the enfolding layers of webbing is above the axis determined by the line of engagement of the lower side of the middle bar with the fabric which passes beneath the middle bar. This permits, or rather causes the slide to swing outwardly by gravity to the position shown in Figure 5 when the button 9 is released from the button loop 1. When the button is engaged with said button loop, the slide is tensioned, causing it to swing back in the direction indicated by the arrow in Figure 5, to a position in which it lies flat against the shoulder strap or suspender, remaining in this position until the button is released.

To adjust this slide, the layer l0 of fabric, see Figure 5, is first pulled outwardly, drawing the free end Il of the webbing through to the front of the slide to the required extent. This is preferably done while the button is engaged with the slide as in Figure 4. Then the button is released so that the slide swings out to the Figure 5 position. This position is also shown in Figure 6. The wearer then holds the slide firmly in his hand and pulls upon the upper length of the webbing 8, drawing the front layer l0 snugly against the face of the slide. The adjustment having thus been completed, the button is again passed through the button loop which will automatically bring the slide back to its position of parallelism with that part of the suspender or shoulder strap which lies against the wearers body.

While I have above disclosed what I believe to be a preferred and practical embodiment of the invention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the principle of the invention can be exemplied in numerous modications of the specific structure herein disclosed and that the scope of the invention is therefore not to be construed as limited to the structural details of the illustrative embodiment, but by the terms and intent of the appended claim.

What I claim is:

In combination with a length of fabric constituting a suspender or shoulder strap, a slide comprising a frame member having three cross bars, the lowest being provided with a button loop, and the fabric from both ends of said length passing from the rear of said slide through the space between the middle and lowest bar, upwardly in front of said middle bar, and looping around said top bar, forming a hinge connection for said slide below the center of mass of said slide and enfolded fabric, permitting said slide to swing to a position at an angle to the suspender or shoulder strap, when tension on said button loop is released.

LYNDON W. JOYCE. 

